The Super Bowl should break 100M viewers but may decline compared to 2017.
Viewership for the regular season was down 10% compared to 2017.
Viewership comparison for NFL playoffs (% change from 2017):
1) Wild Card Round: ↓ 12%
2) Division Round: ↓ 18%
3) Conference Championship: ↓ 8%
Viewership for past 10 Super Bowls:
1) 2017 — NE-ATL (FOX): 111.3M
2) 2016 — DEN-CAR (CBS): 111.9M
3) 2015 — NE-SEA (NBC): 114.4M
4) 2014 — SEA-DEN (FOX): 112.2M
5) 2013 — BAL-SF (CBS): 108.7M
6) 2012 — NYG-NE (NBC): 111.4M
7) 2011 — GB-PIT (FOX): 111.0M
8) 2010 — NO-IND (CBS): 106.5M
9) 2009 — PIT-ARIZ (NBC): 98.7M
10) 2008 — NYG-NE (FOX): 97.5M
The big question. What % of viewership will come from streaming?
2% of the total audience came from streaming in 2017.
Streaming viewership by year (% of total):
1) 2014–531K (0.5%)
2) 2015–973K (0.9%)
3) 2016–1.4M (1.3%)
4) 2017–1.7M (1.5%)
